[Neil Jones]

The thing is if the original run wasn’t recommissioned after it’s first series there would have been contestants left on the wings that didn’t get to play and indeed when the show was finally axed there were contestants left who didn’t get to play. Surely they’ll tell people they aren’t guaranteed to play if they don’t get a second series.

Think that might go without saying though, if you get invited to the studio no guarantee you get to play the game. And if you don't get to play because the network says enough already, that's not our problem.

Mind you it tells you on the application form for these sort of shows the production company plans to (but may not actually make and the network may not even air) the show you're applying for. Which suggests even if you get into the studio no guarantees about, well, anything basically.

But of course Bullseye back in the 1980s used to get 12k applications a year and had a five year waiting list to sit in the audience. Apparently. So if a show gets big enough you can have more potential contestants than you know what to do with.